They brought me a letter from my little girl my sweet little baby with long golden curls
The address was printed with crayon of red a letter to daddy and here`s what it said
Hi daddy how are you I guess I`m okay except this bad cold
But I feel like a big girl now cause yesterday I was seven years old
And that little puppy dog you sent me why he`s just as cutest as he can be
But daddy it wasn`t just like a birthday why couldn`t you have been here with me
Daddy I don`t understand what happened in court that day
I ask mommy where you are and she just says daddy`s gone away
Is it something that I did wrong daddy you never did fuss at me
But if you`ll come home I`ll climb upon your lap every night
And I`ll be just as sweet as I can be
Daddy each night I ask God to make you keep loving me the way you used to
Oh daddy if I`d give mommy this letter I know she won`t mail it to you
So I`m gonna look all over this city until I find you
Then maybe you`ll see just how much we need you daddy mommy and me
And I love you daddy
They told me how she started walking downtown
There at the crossroads the car`s struck her down
She lay in the ditch all covered with sand a letter to daddy was clutched in her hand